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• Twitter Suggested for Nobel Peace Prize Twitter and its creators should be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role during recent civil unrest in Iran, says a former Bush aide.
• Cyberattacks Show Need to Protect Federal Sites Analysis: The recend DDoS attacks highlight the need to reduce government Internet access points, say security experts.
• Obama Uses Social Media to Engage Africa The much-hyped trip is expected to raise the level of local content and access to social media as a communication tool.
• HP's Slick All-Purpose Pavilion DV3 Laptop The budget-minded HP Pavilion dv3 laptop gets a lot of things right in its design and delivers just the right amount of style.
• 8 Rockin' YouTube Remixes YouTube has become a repository for some extremely creative reuses of other people's content. Often hilarious, and always eye-opening, these music video remixes showcase some impressive talent.
• More News Not Good News I'm not sure which news story was more over-the-top this week: Michael Jackson's memorial or the announcement of Google's Chrome operating system.
• Free OCR Service Turns Image Files Into Text Who needs a scanner or special software when you can take a photo of a document and let this free service convert it to text?
• Chrome, Android Have Different Jobs, Google Says Google's emerging Chrome operating system won't squeeze out Android, according to a Google executive.
• LexJongg MahJongg Game Treads Lightly on Your System's Resources Play Mahjonng using unusual graphic symbols, not ancient Chinese tiles, in this feature-light freeware game.
• PhotoForge for IPhone Ever since the iPhone came out, I've been dreaming of a mobile Photoshop app. This hasn't happened--yet--but GhostBird Software has managed to get closer than...
• EA Says Command & Conquer 4 Windows Exclusive Electronic Arts may have pulled Windows support for franchises like Madden and Tiger Woods, but the next Command & Conquer is strictly PC-bound.
• Mac News Briefs: Squashed Software Releases RAID Monitor 3 Squashed Software (formerly Maza Digital) has released RAID Monitor 3, a new version of its tool for automatically checking the status of RAID storage system.
• Apple's MacBook Strategy: Optical is Over Analysis: SD should be arriving on the MacBook Air and the regular MacBook in the next updates — and it might replace the DVD drive on the next MacBook.
• Outlook Separation Anxiety Holds Back Google Apps In its bold march to become a credible collaboration and communication suite for businesses, Google Apps has encountered a frequent roadblock that has proven...
• Microsoft Releases Silverlight 3 Microsoft has released Silverlight 3, a major new release of its multimedia software for Mac OS X and Windows -- competition for Adobe's Flash software. It's a...
• Google, Microsoft Invade Enemy Territory: Who Wins? It's a battle of tech titan vs. search giant, with each behemoth gunning for the other guy’s turf. Let's examine who might win, and why..
• Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre: In Real Life What's it like to take the Apple iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre for a two-week test drive? Here's a head-to-head review that tries to keep it real.
• Apple Board May Finally Be Free of Google CEO Analysis: Now that Google will be building a PC OS, Reuters reports that Eric Schmidt is considering recusing himself.
• Google May Unveil 3D Moon Mapping Tool Google is getting ready to announce a new addition to Google Earth that may let you map the moon in 3D.
• Chrome and More Chrome, That Pesky Botnet This was quite a week for big IT news, what with Google announcing it plans to release the Chrome operating system and the attack on U.S. government, South...
• Google's Top Five Jabs at Microsoft Analysis: All's fair in love and browser wars — until you read the teases and taunts hidden between Google's lines.
• PC Buying Uptick May Help Push Windows 7 Corporate PC purchases are on the upswing for the first time in 18 months, and Windows 7 could hitch a ride on the buying bandwagon.
• Microsoft Bing Gains Ground, But How Much? Researchers agree that use of Microsoft's Bing search engine is growing, but they disagree about the new tool's market share.
• The iPhone's Distinctive Dozen Since the App Store opened its doors a year ago, more than 50,000 iPhone apps have found a place on Apple's virtual shelves -- here are some favorites.
• A Year After Opening App Store, Apple Sitting Pretty How can you tell that the App Store's first anniversary is a big deal? Even Apple--which normally treats milestones the same stony silence divorced couples...